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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts:H.R. 1983.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution.[Page H3645]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>States' Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), within six months of enactment of this Act, to submit to the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) a recommendation on the listing of marijuana within the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and to recommend listing it as other than a Schedule I or Schedule II substance.</p> <p>Requires the Administrator of DEA, within 12 months of enactment of this Act, based upon the recommendation of the National Academy of Sciences, to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking for the rescheduling of marijuana within the CSA, which shall include a recommendation to list marijuana as other than a Schedule I or Schedule II substance.</p> <p>Declares that no provision of the CSA or the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act shall prohibit or otherwise restrict, in a state in which the medical use of marijuana is legal under state law: (1) the prescription or recommendation of marijuana for medical use by a medical professional or the certification by a medical professional that a patient has a condition for which marijuana may have therapeutic benefit; (2) an individual from obtaining, manufacturing, possessing, or transporting within their state marijuana for medical purposes, provided the activities are authorized under state law; (3) a pharmacy or other entity authorized to distribute medical marijuana from obtaining, possessing, or distributing marijuana to authorized individuals; or (4) an entity authorized by a state or local government from producing, processing, or distributing marijuana for such purposes.<br /> </p>]]></text>
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